做賊 [－贼]

Jyutping zou6 caak6
Pinyin zuò zéi

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. Thieve; be a thief
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    做乜依家政府揾埋啲咁嘅人做高官？个个都蛇头鼠眼，仲衰过做贼。
    做乜依家政府揾埋啲咁嘅人做高官？個個都蛇頭鼠眼，仲衰過做賊。
    zou6 mat1 ji1 gaa1 zing3 fu2 wan2 maai4 di1 gam2 ge2 jan4 zou6 gou1 gun2? go3 go3 dou1 se4 tau4 syu2 ngaan5, zung6 seoi1 gwo3 zou6 caak2.
    • Why does the government nowadays often hire scumbags as high rank officials? They all look crafty and unreliable, even worse than thieves.
  2. Cantonese
    佢后生遥遥有书唔读，走去做贼。
    佢後生遙遙有書唔讀，走去做賊。
    keoi5 hau6 saang1 jiu4 jiu4 jau5 syu1 m4 duk6, zau2 heoi3 zou6 caak2.
    • He is a youngster who neglected school, turning to be a thief instead.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    但是他们做贼心虚，怕共产党阻挡他们的去路，更怕老百姓骂汉奸。
    但是他們做賊心虛，怕共產黨阻擋他們的去路，更怕老百姓罵漢奸。
    dàn shì tā men zuò zéi xīn xū ， pà gòng chǎn dǎng zǔ dǎng tā men de qù lù ， gèng pà lǎo bǎi xìng mà hàn jiān ．
    • But, with the cowardice of thieves, they fear that the Communists will block their exit and, what is more, that the common people will brand them as traitors.